Word: saws
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Secretary sought a booth, lifted its curtain cautiously, peeked in, went in. Three minutes* later he emerged, gently waved his ballot about, finally saw the ballot box, deposited his document...
...bullet. Annie Oakley obliged. Queen Victoria sent her a signed photograph. Prince Edward (VII) of Wales presented her on the grounds of the London Gun Club, where she was the first woman ever allowed to shoot, and gave her a medal inscribed: "You are the greatest shot I ever saw." His son, George V, himself a crack marksman, later tendered a similar medal...
...first play after the opening kick-off saw a 25-yard Junior pass completed which took the Elis entirely by surprise. In the second quarter, Heard took the ball over for a touchdown. His try for goal failed...
...days without becoming dispossessed of her perch upon the Ibis bough. Unlike Horace who was quite selfish when his famous tree fell, the CRIMSON worries more about the tree than the fact that its fall hurt no one but the reputation of him, who in the dark of night, saw fit to saw the Ibis tree. Such gestures should remain the prerogative of the insane--perhaps they have...
During the night some person or persons unknown, armed with a very sharp saw, contrived to reach through the bars and saw the stem of the tree nearly in two, so that the tree itself drooped over the top of its cage. No motive could be ascribed for what was apparently an act of malicious vandalism, and there are no clues to the guilty party...